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I cannot count the times I’ve heard friends and strangers alike talk about how they’re “going natural” with their skin care routines. These routines usually consist of lathering coconut oil on their skin and scrubbing their faces with sugar or coffee grinds (insert wincing face here).

I’ll give coconut oil users credit, they sure are loyal. One of my friends used to wash her face with it, swoosh it around in her mouth as mouthwash, cook…

She walks into the studio averting her eyes from the mirror stretching across the front of the room. Dipping her chin she glances discreetly at her companions for the next 60 minutes. Refreshingly diverse for the boutique fitness world, she feels a little bit of her unease subside as she notices these other people are of all different ages and shapes. She takes a deep breath and finds her place at the barre with her weights. She is here…

I haven’t been a counselor for very long but in the short time I’ve been practicing, the majority of clients I’ve worked with have endured some really traumatic experiences in their lives.

It never ceases to amaze me how we never know what another person has gone through. The lady checking you out at the grocery store, the business man in the three-piece suit that you pass on the street who appears to have it all together, the college student…

In the last six years of being a licensed Esthetician (which, just to clarify is not to be confused with a statistician or Obstetrician…yup, that’s happened), I have heard some pretty interesting skin care routine stories from clients.

I’ve heard everything from clients washing their face with acetone, to using hand sanitizer on their face throughout the day, because they were convinced it would help with their acne (to which I then considered referring them to me for counseling services).

Hi! I’m Barbara. I’m so glad you’re here! I am an east coast girl at heart, who to my surprise, have been living somewhat of a nomadic lifestyle these last four years. I’ve moved from California, to Chicago, and now find myself moving to Music City, Nashville, Tennessee in a few short months. I’ve been a missionary in Africa, an Esthetician in fancy spas to now working as a counselor working with trauma survivors. As I write from my experiences, I hope in some way that these simple articles bring some hope and joy to your corner of the world!